{"id":4799,"date":"2023-02-01T02:32:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T15:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2023-02-01T02:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T15:32:56","slug":"heat-wave-in-victoria-hottest-day-since-1924-01-feb-1926-forest-areas-and-grazing-lands-are-alight-and-the-almost-consistent-wall-of-fire-rages-for-50-miles-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=4799","title":{"rendered":"HEAT WAVE IN VICTORIA Hottest Day Since 1924. 01 Feb 1926. Forest areas and grazing lands are alight, and the almost consistent wall of fire rages for 50 miles."},"content":{"rendered":"

HEAT WAVE IN VICTORIA (1926, February 1). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 – 1954)<\/i>, p. 7. Retrieved February 1, 2023, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/29128573?searchTerm=dandenongs%20bushfires&searchLimits=#<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bush Fires Everywhere Narrow Escape of Fire Fighters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MELBOURNE, January 31.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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As a climax to a week of very trying weather, Melbourne to-day experienced the hottest day since January, 1924, and the temperature about 3 o\u2019clock reached 104 deg.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reports from all parts of the State show that bush fires are burning in almost every direction, but the Dandenong Ranges appear to be experiencing the most serious outbreak\u2019s, extending<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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from Dromana, near the Port Phillip Head, round to Healesville, Warburton, and Doncaster. Forest areas and grazing lands are alight, and the almost consistent wall of fire rages for 50<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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miles.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Incalculable damage has been done to grazing and orchard properties, and much valuable timber has been destroyed.\u00a0 From several quarters there are reports of narrow escapes by fire-fighters, and several settlers\u2019 homes have been, demolished by the flames. At Belgrave, in the hills, a fire has been raging all the week, and it broke out to-day with renewed vigour, advancing upon the small settlement of Aura, where the post office and several homes are in danger.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The tourist road from Fern Tree Gully to Olinda is blocked at the Devil\u2019s Elbow, near Belgrave, where the fire is raging on both sides of the road.<\/div>\n
Many motorists have been held up and compelled to turn upon their tracks to Olinda, where it is likely they will have to spend the night.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cooler conditions are expected tonight, but there is no immediate prospect of rain, and much anxiety exists in official quarters as a result.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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